The first publication on the Michael Wellby bequest to the Ashmolean, introducing over sixty of the most important items in the collection, and timed to coincide with the opening of…

With Latin text and a commentary, this is an edition of Book 2 of Quintilian’s Education of the Orator . It gives important insights into the way teaching was conducted…

This book is primarily intended for undergraduate students in Chemical Engineering but some sections bridge the gap between undergraduate and graduate requirement.

The Major Declamations, attributed to Quintilian in antiquity, exemplify the final stage of Greco-Roman rhetorical training, in which students delivered speeches for the prosecution and defense at imaginary trials. A…

This book contains twenty-six articles on a wide range of topics in Latin literature by the eminent scholar and former Professor of Latin at Oxford, Robin Nisbet. Original, stimulating, and…